Len Quested

Len Quested

Personal information
Full name	Wilfred Leonard Quested
Date of birth	(1925-01-09)9 January 1925
Place of birth	Folkestone, England
Date of death	20 August 2012(2012-08-20) (aged 87)
Place of death	Buderim, Queensland, Australia
Position(s)	Full-back, midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945	HMS Golden Hind		(25)
1946	North Shore
1946–1947	Folkestone Town
1947–1951	Fulham	175	(6)
1951–1957	Huddersfield Town	220	(8)
1957–1963	Auburn
1963	Hakoah Eastern Suburbs
1965	Awaba
Managerial career
1964	Cumberland United
1966–1967	Cumberland United
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilfred Leonard Quested (9 January 1925 – 20 August 2012) was an English footballer. Quested played one match for England B as well as being selected as a travelling reserve for a Full International for England. In 1957 he moved to Australia where he played for the Sydney clubs Auburn and Hakoah. He also played in an unofficial match for Australia.

Life

Quested's son Gary also became a soccer player and got to play twice for Australia. Len Quested settled in Kuluin, a suburb of Maroochydore on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. He died on 20 August 2012.

External links

• Career statistics, OzFootball
• Ivan Ponting: "Len Quested: Footballer both feared and fearless", The Independent,. 16 October 2012
• "Obituary:Len Quested", YorkshireLive, 16 October 2012